Denver Nuggets @ Houston Rockets

50-24, 19-18 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Nuggets DEN	25	19	21	20	85
Rockets HOU	22	40	25	25	112

Houston RocketsRocketsHOU

48-28, 28-10 Home

112

48-28, 28-10 Home

Denver Nuggets

starters
Paul MillsapP. Millsap#4
Nikola JokicN. Jokic#15
Will BartonW. Barton#5
Gary HarrisG. Harris#14
Jamal MurrayJ. Murray#27
bench
Trey LylesT. Lyles#7
Juancho HernangomezJ. Hernangomez#41
Jarred VanderbiltJ. Vanderbilt#8
Torrey CraigT. Craig#3
Mason PlumleeM. Plumlee#24
Monte MorrisM. Morris#11
Malik BeasleyM. Beasley#25
Isaiah ThomasI. Thomas#0
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
22	8	4-7	0-1	0-0	2	0	2	2	1	0	2	2	-9
25	16	7-14	0-0	2-2	8	6	2	0	2	3	5	3	-1
29	2	1-6	0-2	0-0	1	4	1	0	0	0	1	2	-8
29	11	4-11	3-5	0-0	2	3	2	0	0	0	2	3	-4
26	20	7-14	0-2	6-7	4	3	0	2	0	1	3	1	-14
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
12	2	1-5	0-3	0-0	5	0	3	0	0	0	5	0	-5
15	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	-10
5	0	0-2	0-0	0-0	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	-3
4	2	0-2	0-1	2-2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	-12
23	4	1-4	0-0	2-2	8	2	1	1	0	1	7	1	-18
27	16	5-9	1-3	5-5	3	4	0	0	0	1	2	2	-23
23	4	1-9	0-7	2-2	2	0	3	1	0	0	2	1	-28
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	85	31-84	4-24	19-20	38	22	14	7	3	7	31	17
		37%	17%	95%

Houston Rockets

starters
P.J. TuckerP.J. Tucker#17
Clint CapelaC. Capela#15
Chris PaulC. Paul#3
Eric GordonE. Gordon#10
James HardenJ. Harden#13
bench
Gary ClarkG. Clark#6
Danuel House Jr.D. House Jr.#4
Nene Nenê#42
Austin RiversA. Rivers#25
Iman ShumpertI. Shumpert#1
Chris ChiozzaC. Chiozza#2
Kenneth FariedK. Faried#35
Gerald GreenG. Green#14
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
26	3	1-2	1-2	0-0	5	0	0	1	0	1	4	1	+16
29	17	8-13	0-0	1-2	15	1	1	1	1	5	10	1	+10
30	9	3-10	0-3	3-3	4	8	3	1	0	0	4	2	+14
27	18	7-11	4-6	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	+11
32	38	10-22	5-11	13-14	6	6	4	1	1	2	4	2	+14
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
3	3	1-4	1-4	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
20	0	0-5	0-5	0-0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	+4
15	2	1-4	0-0	0-0	5	0	0	0	0	2	3	3	+17
29	15	6-10	3-7	0-1	1	3	0	1	1	0	1	2	+34
25	7	3-5	1-2	0-0	8	2	1	1	0	1	7	3	+15
3	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
DNP-LEFT KNEE SORENESS
DNP-LEFT ADDUCTOR STRAIN
	112	40-87	15-40	17-20	46	22	10	8	3	11	35	19
		46%	38%	85%

+/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court

Matchups

DEN

HOU wins season

3-1

HOU

Game 1@ DEN

Final

109

113

Game 2@ HOU

Final

125

136

Game 3@ DEN

Final

122

Game 4@ HOU

Final

112

Game Information

Houston, TX

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Referee:Derrick Collins

Referee:Eric Dalen

Referee:Kane Fitzgerald

Western Conference

Northwest	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Oklahoma City	64	18	.780	-	L2
Denver	54	28	.659	10	W12
Minnesota	49	33	.598	15	W2
Portland	42	40	.512	22	W2
Utah	22	60	.268	42	L1

Southwest	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
San Antonio	62	20	.756	-	L1
Houston	52	30	.634	10	W1
New Orleans	26	56	.317	36	L2
Dallas	26	56	.317	36	W1
Memphis	25	57	.305	37	L8

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